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International technology news, business & cultureThu, 17 Aug 2017 22:26:23 +0200en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.1TheNextWebUkhttps://feedburner.google.comUber gets less awful for drivers in the UK by introducing in-app tips and paid waitinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~3/hZv9B_RD_zA/
https://thenextweb.com/apps/2017/08/14/uber-gets-less-awful-drivers-uk-introducing-app-tips-paid-waiting/#respondMon, 14 Aug 2017 12:00:04 +0000https://thenextweb.com/?p=1069421<img src="https://cdn0.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/04/uber-driver-1100x550.jpg" width="796" height="398"><br />Uber has introduced a slew of new features designed to keep its UK-based drivers happy. The most notable is in-app tipping, allowing riders to show appreciation to their drivers, even when they don’t have any cash on them. Here’s how it works: When you rate your driver, it’ll prompt you to give a cash tip, and suggest some amounts: £1, £2, and £5. It’ll also let you give a custom amount, if you’re feeling particularly generous. Most importantly 100-percent goes to the driver, as was confirmed to me by an Uber representative. As a frequent Uber user, I like this a&#8230; <br><br><a href="https://thenextweb.com/apps/2017/08/14/uber-gets-less-awful-drivers-uk-introducing-app-tips-paid-waiting/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~4/hZv9B_RD_zA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://thenextweb.com/apps/2017/08/14/uber-gets-less-awful-drivers-uk-introducing-app-tips-paid-waiting/feed/0https://thenextweb.com/apps/2017/08/14/uber-gets-less-awful-drivers-uk-introducing-app-tips-paid-waiting/Sad news: London’s Tube to get full 4G coverage by 2019http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~3/HXos3zGH1Mk/
https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/08/10/sad-news-londons-tube-to-get-full-4g-coverage-by-2019/#respondThu, 10 Aug 2017 11:09:48 +0000https://thenextweb.com/?p=1068800<img src="https://cdn0.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2017/08/adrien-ledoux-267902-796x531.jpg" width="796" height="531"><br />Take a trip to London, and you’ll inevitably ride the iconic Underground train network. It’s unique insofar as it’s almost entirely isolated from the outside world. No phone signals are powerful enough to penetrate through the ground and bedrock, to where the rolling stock lies. Riding it outside of rush hour is a weird sort-of bliss, where people just sit quietly and wait for their next stop; the only noise being the drum and bass bleeding from someone’s headphones. That quietness will soon be shattered, as London mayor Sadiq Khan plans to bring full 4G coverage to the Tube network,&#8230; <br><br><a href="https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/08/10/sad-news-londons-tube-to-get-full-4g-coverage-by-2019/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~4/HXos3zGH1Mk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/08/10/sad-news-londons-tube-to-get-full-4g-coverage-by-2019/feed/0https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/08/10/sad-news-londons-tube-to-get-full-4g-coverage-by-2019/Collapsed luxury phone manufacturer Vertu is auctioning its $20,000 phones for ‘cheap’http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~3/v4lS8zQo36M/
https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/08/10/collapsed-british-phone-maker-vertus-assets-are-now-on-auction/#respondThu, 10 Aug 2017 09:29:19 +0000https://thenextweb.com/?p=1068759<img src="https://cdn0.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2015/09/Vertu-New-Signature-Touch-1200x600.jpg" width="1200" height="600"><br />A few months ago, iconic British phone manufacturer Vertu announced that it would enter liquidation after encountering financial difficulties. Now, it’s auctioning the contents of its UK factory, giving the world a window into tech’s most extravagant phone brand. So sad to see @Vertu factory abandoned ahead of auction today. I have many happy memories of this place. Was a UK tech jewel once. pic.twitter.com/eV5mXmGlF2 — Ben Wood (@benwood) August 10, 2017 Most people never owned a Vertu handset — the cheapest models typically cost several thousands, making them exclusively the preserve of the ultra-wealthy. The Vertu Signiature Touch, for&#8230; <br><br><a href="https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/08/10/collapsed-british-phone-maker-vertus-assets-are-now-on-auction/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~4/v4lS8zQo36M" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/08/10/collapsed-british-phone-maker-vertus-assets-are-now-on-auction/feed/0https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/08/10/collapsed-british-phone-maker-vertus-assets-are-now-on-auction/UK’s tough new ‘right to be forgotten’ legislation protects users by imposing huge fineshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~3/-hppTQX3MyE/
https://thenextweb.com/uk/2017/08/07/uks-tough-new-right-forgotten-legislation-protects-users-imposing-huge-fines/#respondMon, 07 Aug 2017 10:22:43 +0000https://thenextweb.com/?p=1067953<img src="https://cdn0.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2017/03/london-796x498.jpg" width="796" height="498"><br />Britain’s data protection legislation could soon see its most significant overhaul in years, under proposals outlined by the current May government. The biggest feature is that citizens will be able to ask online services to delete their data — particularly if it was posted when they were children. That’s huge, because who doesn’t have something ill-advised plastered on a MySpace or Livejournal account somewhere? People will be able to request that any firm that holds their personal data — ranging from basic biographical details (i.e. their name) to their DNA — to delete it. The landmark bill also expands the&#8230; <br><br><a href="https://thenextweb.com/uk/2017/08/07/uks-tough-new-right-forgotten-legislation-protects-users-imposing-huge-fines/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~4/-hppTQX3MyE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://thenextweb.com/uk/2017/08/07/uks-tough-new-right-forgotten-legislation-protects-users-imposing-huge-fines/feed/0https://thenextweb.com/uk/2017/08/07/uks-tough-new-right-forgotten-legislation-protects-users-imposing-huge-fines/Hackers take control of large outdoor screen in Cardiff to broadcast offensive messageshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~3/oYuOGmKqWg4/
https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/08/02/hackers-take-control-large-outdoor-screen-cardiff-broadcast-offensive-messages/#respondWed, 02 Aug 2017 14:00:59 +0000https://thenextweb.com/?p=1066984<img src="https://cdn0.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2017/08/Orwell.jpg" width="660" height="366"><br />A large outdoor screen in the heart of Cardiff’s busy shopping district was hacked last night, and used to broadcast swastikas, images referencing Islam, and a photo of Donald Trump as Pepe the Frog. One of the images projected onto the screen said “Warning. This is a Shariah controlled zone. No alcohol. No gambling. No porn.” This is in reference to a leaflet that was distributed around parts of London in 2011. Another image was the iconic “Big Brother is watching you,” from George Orwell’s 1984. Some Anons from /pol/ were able to hack into a billboard in Cardiff, Wales.&#8230; <br><br><a href="https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/08/02/hackers-take-control-large-outdoor-screen-cardiff-broadcast-offensive-messages/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~4/oYuOGmKqWg4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/08/02/hackers-take-control-large-outdoor-screen-cardiff-broadcast-offensive-messages/feed/0https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/08/02/hackers-take-control-large-outdoor-screen-cardiff-broadcast-offensive-messages/The UK home secretary is wrong: ‘real people’ need end-to-end encryptionhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~3/2ODOgX84pQI/
https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/08/01/the-uk-home-secretary-is-wrong-real-people-need-end-to-end-encryption/#respondTue, 01 Aug 2017 10:24:30 +0000https://thenextweb.com/?p=1066567<img src="https://cdn0.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2017/08/AmberRudd-796x531.jpg" width="796" height="531"><br />Today, Amber Rudd, the UK’s home secretary and MP for Hastings and Rye, published an op-ed in the Daily Telegraph newspaper that argued ‘real people’ don’t require end-to-end encryption, and terrorists are the only benefactors of the feature in WhatsApp. Rudd acknowledges that encryption is a fundamental part of the current technological landscape, and without it, many things we take for granted would simply be inviable, saying: Encryption plays a fundamental role in protecting us all online. It is key to growing the digital economy, and delivering public services online. She also notes that the government isn’t against encryption per&#8230; <br><br><a href="https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/08/01/the-uk-home-secretary-is-wrong-real-people-need-end-to-end-encryption/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~4/2ODOgX84pQI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/08/01/the-uk-home-secretary-is-wrong-real-people-need-end-to-end-encryption/feed/0https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/08/01/the-uk-home-secretary-is-wrong-real-people-need-end-to-end-encryption/This map uses open data to show you the safest places to park your carhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~3/ePNfmN9qRH4/
https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/25/map-uses-open-data-show-safest-places-park-car/#respondTue, 25 Jul 2017 09:57:57 +0000https://thenextweb.com/?p=1064732<img src="https://cdn0.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2017/07/ParkSmart-796x457.jpg" width="796" height="457"><br />The UK’s Co-Op Insurance wants you to be able to park your car without it getting stolen. The best way to accomplish that is to make an informed decision about where is safe. With that in mind, it’s released a new web-based tool called Park Smart, which uses open data published by the Home Office, in order to show you car-crime hotspots. The data covers England, Northern Ireland, and Wales, the period from November 2016 to April 2017, and is regularly updated. Unfortunately, there’s no data for Scotland. As you might expect, large cities experience more car crime than small&#8230; <br><br><a href="https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/25/map-uses-open-data-show-safest-places-park-car/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~4/ePNfmN9qRH4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/25/map-uses-open-data-show-safest-places-park-car/feed/0https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/25/map-uses-open-data-show-safest-places-park-car/This Google-backed startup wants to make millennials read local newshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~3/2I82cEIyLdU/
https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/25/are-bluetooth-beacons-the-savior-of-local-news/#respondTue, 25 Jul 2017 07:00:54 +0000https://thenextweb.com/?p=1064655<img src="https://cdn0.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2017/07/OtherWorld-Launch-Picture-796x398.jpg" width="796" height="398"><br />Millennials are voracious consumers of news. One UK survey shows that half of those aged 18 to 35 prefer to get their current affairs fix from a newspaper or magazine. A separate Associated Press survey shows that two-thirds of those aged 18 to 34 regularly consume news online. So, why aren’t they interested in what’s happening in their local communities? Perhaps it’s the medium. Struggling local newspapers tend to be a sorry affair, with more adverts for used cars and funeral services than actual news. Like No Other founder Stuart Goulden thinks that the savior for local news is in&#8230; <br><br><a href="https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/25/are-bluetooth-beacons-the-savior-of-local-news/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<br/><br/>Or just read more coverage about: <a href='https://thenextweb.com/company/google/'>Google</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~4/2I82cEIyLdU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/25/are-bluetooth-beacons-the-savior-of-local-news/feed/0https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/25/are-bluetooth-beacons-the-savior-of-local-news/CashDash lets you withdraw cash from ATMs without a debit cardhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~3/-1eNVSw13CM/
https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/20/cashdash-lets-withdraw-cash-atms-without-debit-card/#respondThu, 20 Jul 2017 10:03:02 +0000https://thenextweb.com/?p=1063519<img src="https://cdn0.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2017/07/ATMScreen-796x652.jpg" width="796" height="652"><br />The act of withdrawing money from an ATM has largely remained the same, ever since Barclays Bank introduced the first “Hole in the wall” in London, way back in 1967. But now it’s about to see a radical update with CashDash — a range of ATMs launching in London where your debit card is your smartphone. To withdraw cash, you first need to download the CashDash app, and top up your virtual wallet with funds. When you get to the ATM, you key in your phone number, and authorize the transaction on your phone. The machine will then spurt out&#8230; <br><br><a href="https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/20/cashdash-lets-withdraw-cash-atms-without-debit-card/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~4/-1eNVSw13CM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/20/cashdash-lets-withdraw-cash-atms-without-debit-card/feed/0https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/20/cashdash-lets-withdraw-cash-atms-without-debit-card/Uber’s wheelchair-accessible uberACCESS service launches in four new UK marketshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~3/BNV3l8HUkVY/
https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/14/ubers-wheelchair-accessible-uberaccess-service-launches-four-new-uk-markets/#respondFri, 14 Jul 2017 13:33:17 +0000https://thenextweb.com/?p=1062511<img src="https://cdn0.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2017/07/F3A9409-1024x540-796x420.jpg" width="796" height="420"><br />Uber is wildly popular in the UK. The ridesharing service is available in virtually every major city, and in London, there are more Uber partners than traditional black ‘hackney’ cab drivers. However, Uber has long struggled with accessibility. While black cab drivers have a legal mandate to be wheelchair-accessible, the same isn’t true for Uber drivers. In 2015, it took steps to address this, with the launch of uberACCESS in London. Earlier this year, Uber extended the service to three new UK markets, including Manchester, Birmingham, and Wolverhampton. Today, it adds Liverpool, Leeds, Bradford, and Newcastle to the list. uberACCESS trips&#8230; <br><br><a href="https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/14/ubers-wheelchair-accessible-uberaccess-service-launches-four-new-uk-markets/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<br/><br/>Or just read more coverage about: <a href='https://thenextweb.com/company/uber/'>Uber</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebUk/~4/BNV3l8HUkVY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/14/ubers-wheelchair-accessible-uberaccess-service-launches-four-new-uk-markets/feed/0https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/14/ubers-wheelchair-accessible-uberaccess-service-launches-four-new-uk-markets/